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SALT LAKE CITY — A bill allowing police to use unmanned aerial vehicles without a search warrant to search for missing people, survey crash sites and train officers was approved Tuesday by the House.
Rep. Scott Sandall, R-Tremonton, the sponsor of HB296, said the legislation is not intended to not change expectations of privacy from drones operated by law enforcement.
But Rep. Mike Noel, R-Kanab, asked if he'd be able to take a shotgun should he see a drone over his property "and blow it out of the sky," joking it was open season on what amounted to an expensive clay pigeon.
Sandall said Noel would have to deal with law enforcement should he take that action.
The bill passed 63-10 and now heads to the Senate.
— Lisa Riley Roche Email: lroche@ksl.com Twitter: DNewsPolitics
